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Social Media News Ticker: Edit Your Facebook ‘Look Back,’ LinkedIn Kills ‘Intro,’ Twitter Debuts Data Grant Program

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Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare: Facebook’s Look Back movie now has edit options. Any social media updates that we missed this week? Let us know in the comments below.

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Which Airlines Are Most Responsive On Twitter?

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Which airline brands are the most responsive on Twitter? New data from SocialBakers looks at the difference between the amount of answered and unanswered questions – on Twitter only – among major airlines. Does your preferred airline respond quickly on Twitter?

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Asia-Pacific Will Account For One-Third of All Twitter Users In 2014

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The number of Twitter users worldwide is projected to increase by nearly 25% in 2014, according to new estimates from eMarketer. By 2018, overall social media growth is expected to reach double-digit gains, and Twitter is calculated to expand by nearly 11%, reaching about 400 million users worldwide.

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PeopleBrowsr v. Twitter: The Arguments On Each Side — And What’s At Stake

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Yesterday, a San Francisco court gave PeopleBrowsr, an provider of Twitter analytics services, a temporary restraining order against Twitter. The court ruling forces Twitter to maintains PeopleBrowsr’s full access to Twitter’s firehose of data.

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Kuwait Has Most Twitter Users Per Capita

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Kuwait has the most Twitter users per capita, according to a recent paper by analysts from Northeastern University. The researchers also found a clear correlation between GDP per capita and Twitter adoption. Only tweets sent by smartphones that included GPS location data were used for the study.

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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Redesign, Facebook Adds Custom Gender Options

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Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook and Twitter: Facebook. Social Media News Ticker Facebook Facebook profile gender social media news social media news ticker Twitter Twitter redesign' Facebook users can now choose custom gender options.

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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Debuts New Ad Types, Vine Gets Direct Video Messaging

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Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: Vine adds direct messaging via video (photo: Vine blog). Twitter doubles down on TV in Europe – last week Twitter purchased two TV analytics companies, France’s Mesagraph and the U.K.’s

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